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there was a lot of movement, motion for not a lot of action. >> where were you yesterday? >> i was here. we were together. >> were we ever with our -- no. but there were duelling senate leaders just -- first mcconnell came on. and he said -- did you see either one of those? >> i did. >> did you see harry reid? >> there's no chance of -- >> but if you think -- i want to rise above. there was so little of anything close to that yesterday other than just the -- i mean, people at home must be like, it's the endless blaming and finger pointing and, you know, when one side says it's all the other side's fault and all the other side comes on and says people at home aren't going, wow, i believe you, harry. or i believe i, mitch. they're saying you're both losers, right? >> right. >> my real concern is this is what the current version of america actually voted for. >> the house is different. all politics is local. harry reid, you know which interest he satisfies. >> they're not that far apart. if you look at the negotiating positions, they're not -- >> they're emotionally far apart
there was a lot of movement, motion for not a lot of action. >> where were you yesterday? >> i was here. we were together. >> were we ever with our -- no. but there were duelling senate leaders just -- first mcconnell came on. and he said -- did you see either one of those? >> i did. >> did you see harry reid? >> there's no chance of -- >> but if you think -- i want to rise above. there was so little of anything close to that yesterday other than just...
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if we can do it again, then bernanke's actions are not going to be for naught. they're going to be buying time for leaders in washington to take over. but if leaders in washington don't take over, then ultimately this is just going to lead to an inflationary outcome and it will all be for naught. >> what i'm worried about on the political side is we could be on the verge of an endless cliff and we may be falling into this, this kind of perfectly dysfunctional political equilibrium that will be self-perpetuating. because if you have a cliff know, i mean, i think the -- if most we're going to have a little bridge deal or some patch of a deal that says, okay, we'll come back and have time to work out tax, entitlement reform with another cliff. but what's going to change between now and then politically that will make it work? and maybe we get another down payment and another cliff. >> gridlock, people used to like it on the right because it meant that the government couldn't do anything. but we've got all these things where if you don't do anything, something's hap
if we can do it again, then bernanke's actions are not going to be for naught. they're going to be buying time for leaders in washington to take over. but if leaders in washington don't take over, then ultimately this is just going to lead to an inflationary outcome and it will all be for naught. >> what i'm worried about on the political side is we could be on the verge of an endless cliff and we may be falling into this, this kind of perfectly dysfunctional political equilibrium that...
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business has already taken some action and its antidotal. consumers have taken no action. my guess is they might. if consumers stop buying you will see it rapidly get bad like the debt ceiling crisis. >> is jpmorgan taking any steps to go in the right direction? >> we're praying. jpmorgan will be fine. i'm worried about our customers and the global financial system. it is not a jpmorgan issue per se. we have 50 million consumer clients. we do clients that are 30,000 companies and governments around the world. they're all watching. we're one decision away from restoring our fiscal and moral authority around the world. let's just do it. >> what is the role of business in this conversation? i ask because over the past several weeks the obama administration has tried to reach out to wall street in a way perhaps it hadn't earlier. want to talk a little bit about that relationship post election. in terms of where you think business should be trying to influence or be part of this discussion. >> the business roundtable put a letter today in some newspapers signed by 150 ceos of m
business has already taken some action and its antidotal. consumers have taken no action. my guess is they might. if consumers stop buying you will see it rapidly get bad like the debt ceiling crisis. >> is jpmorgan taking any steps to go in the right direction? >> we're praying. jpmorgan will be fine. i'm worried about our customers and the global financial system. it is not a jpmorgan issue per se. we have 50 million consumer clients. we do clients that are 30,000 companies and...
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it was only the action of my attorney at 5:00 a.m. who brought a judge in to stay that move until we could file an appeal that kept me from going back. so you know that they can kidnap a couple of young girls and bring them back. if that happens, i wouldn't have any choice, i would have to go back and turn myself in to prevent them from being tortured. i know it sounds mad. but this happens. i'm sorry, people get tortured in belize. this happens. i'm sorry. it happens in mexico, and no one says anything. it happens in honduras, but you say belize, and they say, you're paranoid. no, i'm not. >> there are reports and pictures of you on the internet often, holding weapons, holding guns. reports of you shooting your guns inside your home, on your property regularly. are those reports accurate? it's certainly accurate that i had lots of guns, but they were in the hands of my security guards. i live in a country, sir, that has the highest murder rate in the world. check it out on the internet. it's populated by numerous gangs. the gangs sup
it was only the action of my attorney at 5:00 a.m. who brought a judge in to stay that move until we could file an appeal that kept me from going back. so you know that they can kidnap a couple of young girls and bring them back. if that happens, i wouldn't have any choice, i would have to go back and turn myself in to prevent them from being tortured. i know it sounds mad. but this happens. i'm sorry, people get tortured in belize. this happens. i'm sorry. it happens in mexico, and no one says...
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at the time, it was not clear that you will that they were going to take any action. there was a question about whether they should be donating money to education programs. clearly overnight -- >> they're putting it up for sale. >> let me read what they sale. they said it's apparent that the ansi hook tragedy has raised questions regarding gun control to a new level. our role is to take positions for investments. it is not our role to take a role regarding gun control. >> they're going to take a hit on it right now, too. >> i imagine they will. >> not the best time to be selling. >> in truth, it looks like it's been quite a successful investment for them. again, will there be a tremendous discount selling? >> right. >> you don't know. but given that other teachers pensions and others did have stakes in this and probably are now saying, we've got to get out of here, this is -- >> they sold it probably law enforcement agencies and the military. >> absolutely. and i should say colt defense, which i had mentioned earlier, blackstone has a piece of that. there are a number
at the time, it was not clear that you will that they were going to take any action. there was a question about whether they should be donating money to education programs. clearly overnight -- >> they're putting it up for sale. >> let me read what they sale. they said it's apparent that the ansi hook tragedy has raised questions regarding gun control to a new level. our role is to take positions for investments. it is not our role to take a role regarding gun control. >>...
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and tom cruise's action thriller, "jack reacher" debuted in second place. he kicks a -- $15.26 million he got. >> so we went to the movies this weekend. and we saw "this is 40." >> not great reviews. >> almost dpred depressing a little bit. almost too realistic. >> that's what happens when you return 40. you get a little depressed. then you hit 50 and then you realize 60 is the new 40. and then you realize any of the alternatives to aging are much worse than aging and you kind of come to grips with that. >> i had a mixed feeling. were the reviews actually lousy? >> yeah. >> i wish i had known that before. >> paul rudd and -- and apatose. she has to watch paul rudd make out with his wife constantly when this is all going on. i was thinking about that. and all the kids in the film are appato's kids. >> oh, really? >> yeah. he's making the film with his family and it's all about -- anyway, all with his family. >> watching -- you know, i don't know what he's into, but so he's got his wife making out with this guy a lot. >> they're married in the film so, you kn
and tom cruise's action thriller, "jack reacher" debuted in second place. he kicks a -- $15.26 million he got. >> so we went to the movies this weekend. and we saw "this is 40." >> not great reviews. >> almost dpred depressing a little bit. almost too realistic. >> that's what happens when you return 40. you get a little depressed. then you hit 50 and then you realize 60 is the new 40. and then you realize any of the alternatives to aging are much...
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the lawsuit seeks class action status on behalf of other shareholders and aims to block the sale. another case of just -- you know, too many lawyers, too little to do. >>> and -- or not. i'm just -- we should put commentary on that. shouldn't we? but every time any deal is announced, there's always going to be some shareholders that wish they got more. and there's going to be a willing lawyer to say, okay, i'll take the case. >> pretty healthy premium. >> yeah. exactly. but that doesn't mean a lawyer -- >> it may not be enough. >> it's never enough. if you're going to wear a brioni tie. nice. did i out you? >> why, are those really expensive? >> no. it was a gift. my god. we got to zoom in? >> i mean, it's quite a thing to behold. >>. i don't think so. >> i think we ought to bump in and out -- >> i think every -- it's a beautiful tie. >> do you remember i also have the bernanke tie, where he's throwing money out of a helicopter? >> i have one, but i have one where -- this year's was bernanke and draggy. >> both in a helicopter? >> both bernanke with the helicopter but euros and do
the lawsuit seeks class action status on behalf of other shareholders and aims to block the sale. another case of just -- you know, too many lawyers, too little to do. >>> and -- or not. i'm just -- we should put commentary on that. shouldn't we? but every time any deal is announced, there's always going to be some shareholders that wish they got more. and there's going to be a willing lawyer to say, okay, i'll take the case. >> pretty healthy premium. >> yeah. exactly. but...
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so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" everyone. take a look for shares of eloqua this morning. this is a marketing firm which is currently halted at this point. $17.92 was the last trade. a little over four months after going public this company is being bought by oracle for $23.50. the company went public on august 2nd at $11.50. total value of the deal is $871 million in cash. >> wonder why they didn't want to try to buy that company before the ipo? maybe wanted to see how it worked out. let's get a check on holiday retailers. chase holiday pulse tracks average ticket prices, transactions volumes and sales volumes each year. how is 2012 shaping up and where are people shopping? joining us chase card services ceo eileen serra. >> good morning. >> it's all e-commerce. that's what we keep hearing? >> that's right. it will be chase holiday pulse tracks all of the aggregated purchas
so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" everyone. take a look for shares of eloqua this morning. this is a marketing firm which is currently halted at this point. $17.92 was the last trade. a little over four months after going public this company is being bought by oracle for $23.50. the company went...
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so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back, everybody. only a few trading days left in 2012. joining us is boris schlossberg. our guest hosts barry snap and roger altman are here, as well. japan had been driving things until we went over this plan "b" not being brought to the house floor last night. how did that change the dynamic? >> you know, i think barry had it right. it's less of a fiscal cliff than a fiscal drag. i think that's the right way to describe it. i think the interesting thing as far as the currency market goes, as far as the euro goes, is i think we're starting to correlate back to the dow. as i was looking at the screen, the euro is trading 132. the dow is 13,100. i think if we slice another 100 points off the dow, probably going to slice another 100 points off the euro, as well. the reason why, i think the correlation is back is if the market perceives the fact that the u.s. econom
so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back, everybody. only a few trading days left in 2012. joining us is boris schlossberg. our guest hosts barry snap and roger altman are here, as well. japan had been driving things until we went over this plan "b" not being brought to the house floor last night. how did that change...
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if congress doesn't take action, the fdic will stop making guarantees on zero interest bank accounts and services. the guarantee will revert to the normal $150,000 for insurers at any given bank. if so-called t.a.g. money leaves these banks, then the troubled list might find a lot more names on it. but, again, these were all temporary things put out there. it has been four years and counting since the financial crisis. at some point, you expect to see these things reverse. >>> the federal reserve dominates this week's calendar. the fomc will gather for a two-day meeting tomorrow. the fed is expected to maintain its bond buying at $85 billion a month, replacing operation twist with purchases of longer term treasuries funded by new money creation because they're running out of these longer things to twist into. they're going to have to start creating money or twisting money, whatever you want to call it. chairman bernanke will meet on wednesday afternoon to cover the federal reserve's positions. we'll cover that live. >>> right now, dow futures down by 35 points. s&p down by 45 points.
if congress doesn't take action, the fdic will stop making guarantees on zero interest bank accounts and services. the guarantee will revert to the normal $150,000 for insurers at any given bank. if so-called t.a.g. money leaves these banks, then the troubled list might find a lot more names on it. but, again, these were all temporary things put out there. it has been four years and counting since the financial crisis. at some point, you expect to see these things reverse. >>> the...